Hello, my tonsillectomy is next week. I am so freaked out about soft palate thing because I am a singer. if my soft palate go low i will lose high notes.
I would really appreciate it if u can tell me how did turn out for u.
Cheers
I just got a tonsillectomy today and I feel that if I lay down, because of how big my uvula is, I feel as if I am going to choke and I am not able to breathe correctly. I was also wondering if you had healed completely now?
Hello, did you ever find a resolution? I too am having the same problem now and looking into options....doesn't seem to really be any viable ones. My soft palate and uvula are always on my tongue, really annoying. And it has caused other issues.
These posts make me feel better that I am not the only one. My uvula swelled up huge and my solft palate hangs 1/2 way down after my tonsillectomy and it is now 5 weeks later. Did anyone find a solution to this?
i had the same problem.the soft palate and the uvela were hanging on my tongue and made me gag all day. i was worried because it lasted longer then i expected.(more then six months)after three months i went back to the hospital to ask why it stayed this way and she assured me that it eventually will heal and indeed in the end it settled down and now i have no problems anymore. maybe because i am older (54) that it took so long.
Hi there I had my tonsils and uvultoplasty the middle bit removed on 5/12/13 and I too am suffering with that horrible taste in the mouth and food doesn't taste right my throats drys up and feels swollen at times feels like I have a fur coat in my throat really wish I didnt have it done I think it's the scar tissue that needs longer to heal but don't know if anyone else has suffered the same thing and recovered from it please let me know how long it took
Same here... I am almost one year post op. I even had my uvual mostly removed as well. I have a nub left. :/ I can actually feel the back part of my soft palate and the nub sitting on the back of my tounge all the time. Sadly, I never had any sleep issues before this and now my husband tells me I make a clicking sound if I sleep on my back. Its my airway area flapping open and closed. It is very concerning to me. I'm not sure what to do at this point. I have read to start gargling to strengthen the soft palate back up. So, I am going to start doing that for 2 minutes twice a day with salt water.. praying this helps.. anyone else with this issue?
My daughter had an adult tonsillectomy about 3 months again and is now miserable with a huge uvula and some slurring. She is very unhappy, has tried steroids and antibiotics and nothing seems to help, she says it feels like a wad of cotton in the back of her throat. Does anyone know how long this lasts or is it permanent. No answers seem to be available.
I see your post is over a year ago, how're you feeling now? Is your uvula/soft palate still touching your tongue? I have the same problem, and my uvula looks different. It flops around and looks very jelly. My Dr. was so arrogant and told me it's normal and it will stay this way, looked at his watch and waited to get rid of me asap (!!) It's been a month now and I'm so depressed about it. I'm 24 yo. It makes me wish I never did this surgery. Will my uvula be back to it's normal size? It's wider and shifting to the right side.